CVE-2024-26946 Affecting kernel-64k-modules-extra package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KMODULESEXTRA-7889187
  • published4 Sept 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2024-26946  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-64k-modules-extra to version 0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:6267.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-modules-extra package and not the kernel-64k-modules-extra package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address

Read from an unsafe address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() in arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() because this function is used before checking the address is in text or not. Syzcaller bot found a bug and reported the case if user specifies inaccessible data area, arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() will cause a kernel panic.

[ mingo: Clarified the comment. ]

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